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From Vision Monday
SYSTEMS / EQUIPMENT
Luxexcel to Showcase 3D-Printed Lenses at Vision Expo

Product: Luxexcel 3D-printed lenses
Top Line: Luxexcel, based in Turnhout, Belgium, has developed a unique technology to 3D-print lenses. Next week at International Vision Expo in New York, Luxexcel will exhibit some of its lenses, including bifocals, trifocals, prisms, slab-offs and other specialty lenses.
Close Up: The lenses have been tested by COLTS Laboratories and found to be within industry standards. The company will also show how a 3D printer will integrate within todays standard workflow and processes like coating, tinting, edging and framing.
Guido Groet, chief commercial officer for Luxexcel, noted that 3D printing allows users to create different lens designs with the power, shape and optical properties each patient requires. “The magic of this technology is to create lenses in your lab, within an hour, starting with a bottle of liquid,” said Groet. “The lenses printed on our machine don’t need any polishing and are ready to be coated. There is no need for blanks, we reduce process steps and provide quality products.”
Groet also pointed out that 3D printing makes it possible to integrate sensors, cameras, filters, LCDs and many other elements into a lens.
Vital Stats: The lenses have been tested by COLTS Laboratories and found to be within industry standards. The company will also show how a 3D printer will integrate within todays standard workflow and processes like coating, tinting, edging and framing.
www.luxexcel.com; +32 14 49 02 96

[Bahston425]

Holy cow, 3-d printed lenses...who'd of thought that'd be possible. Pretty disappointed I'm not going to the expo this year!

[lensmanmd]

My Saturday is packed with meetings. Just hoping to get some time @ VEE to take a peek at this. I understand that Younger is also working on something similar.

[D.W.]

From Vital Stats: The lenses have been tested by COLTS Laboratories and found to be within industry standards. The company will also show how a 3D printer will integrate within todays standard workflow and processes like coating, tinting, edging and framing.
www.luxexcel.com; +32 14 49 02 96

It's a year later, have they come to market beyond the one test lab?
And why couldn't they make an edged, mount ready lens?

[Chris Ryser]

On September 6th, Luxexcel announced the shipment of the first commercial 3d Print solution for ophthalmic lenses to IIFB Solutions, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.IFB Solutions is the first ophthalmic lab in the world using the Luxexcel Vision Platform™.


The event marked:

1. the unveiling of the Vision Platform™ by the mayor of Winston-Salem

2. sign-off of the Vision Platform™ by IFB Solutions, and

3. the presentation of the Vision Platform™ to the leading ophthalmic press and 12 selected visionary labs.

source:

http://blog.luxexcel.com/recap-luxex...-ifb-solutions

[EyeManDan]

SO does that mean one lens will be red, the other blue and in a paper frame.

[fjpod]

I'll go take a look.....

[Kwill212]

I stopped at their booth 1 or 2 expos ago and spoke with the COO. He said they had been approached by Essilor and he was very adamant about never selling to them.

[D.W.]

I stopped at their booth 1 or 2 expos ago and spoke with the COO. He said they had been approached by Essilor and he was very adamant about never selling to them.

That in itself is reason enough for me like them.